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Transit of Venus and Midnight Sun (June 6, 2012)

author: B.A.Tafreshi/Novapix

reference: a-cnj11-00073

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 24 cm

The exotic motion of the midnight sun along the northern horizon is photographed above the Norwegian Sea in this multi-exposure image from northern Norway. The beginning of 6 June 2012 Venus Transit is also recorded. Venus appears as a black dot on the solar disc, as well as few sunpost which appears smaller and pale black compared to Venus. At the imaging latitude of 69 degrees north the sun doesn't set in June and July. The never-ending days of the season is highlighted by midnight sun which glides close to the northern horizon but always above it. The Transit of Venus is a rare celestial phenomena happens only twice in each century and the 2012 transit was the last of our time. The next Venus Transit arrives in the year 2117.

Keywords for this photo:

2012 - ASTRONOMY - COMPOSITE - HORIZON - MIDNIGHT SUN - NORWAY - PLANET - STAR - SUN - TRANSIT - VENUS -